GATHERING ACTIVITIES

Note on Word Searches, Word Games, Mazes and such – In order to make these items fit in the two column format of Baloo’s Bugle they are shrunk to a width of about 3 inches. Your Cubs probably need bigger pictures. You can get these by copying and pasting the picture from the Word version or clipping the picture in the Adobe (.pdf) version and then enlarging to page width. CD

Things from the Future Word Search

Julie Byler

San Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, Verdugo Hills Councils

Find the names of some things that we will find in the future in the word search below. They can be upside down, backwards, forwards or diagonal.

EARTH JET PACK FUTURE

SCIENCE, ANTI-GRAVITY

TELEPORTATION PEOPLE MOVER

SPACE TRAVEL ORBIT CUB SCOUTS

STARS PLANETS ASTRONAUT

MOON METEOR COMET

Space Ship Hunt

Baltimore Area Council

Hide around the room many spaceships cut out of construction paper.

As each person arrives, they are told to hunt for the spaceships.

The person finding the most wins.

Make More Words

San Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, Verdugo Hills Councils

Here are some ideas for word games. Use your imagination and you can think of a lot more.

How many words can you make from the letters in teleportation?
Examples: ant, tattoo

How many words can you make from the letters in Cubs in the Future?
Examples: sub, tire

How many words can you make from the letters in space flight?
Examples: pat, flea

Looking closely without a Microscope

San Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, Verdugo Hills Councils

Science is about testing and about looking closely. Some scientists use microscopes to take a close look. We're going to use a simple piece of paper. Here's what you do:

Take a piece of paper and cut in the middle a “window” 1” square. (It's easiest to fold the page in half before you cut.)

Choose something interesting: a tree trunk, a leaf, flower, the soil surface or a slice of soil from a shovel.

Put your window over the thing and look at it closely.

Take your time- this is not a race.

To help you see more details, draw a picture of what's inside your square.

Now let's think about what you've found.

Space Word Scramble

Baltimore Area Council

Words can be found horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Alien

Galaxy

Monster

Asteroids

Giants

Moon

Beasts

Green Men

Planets

Cosmic

Helmets

Ray Guns

Creatures

Jupiter

Robot

Disintegrator

Mars

Space

Fantasy

Martians

Stars

Shuttle Maze

San Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, Verdugo Hills Councils

Help the Space Shuttle Pilot find his way back to the Earth

WORD SEARCH

Sam Houston Area Council

Find words listed below.

They may be across, down or diagonal

Webelos Baloo Scout Wolf

Bear Bobcat Arrow Light

Scouting Future Tiger Cub

Best Rank Cubby Doodle

Star Contest Gathering Activity

Baltimore Area Council

For each of the terms listed write the correct word containing “STAR.”